NYTimes article from 2005 about PCBs found in Westchester School

Interesting article from July 2005 about a school in Yorktown Heights in Westchester County, New York that, because of a parent who took it upon himself to get the school caulking tested, ensured that the PCB contaminated areas were cleaned up.

"Tainted Soil to Be Removed Next to Westchester School - New York Times"

The last 2 paragraphs are not very encouraging:

Little is being done at the state level to address the issue. The State Education Department has notified schools of the findings in Dr. Herrick's study through a newsletter. Assemblyman Thomas P. DiNapoli, the chairman of the Assembly's Committee on Environmental Conservation, said he was considering sponsoring legislation that would finance a pilot program to test for contaminated caulk in schools and perhaps other buildings.

But environmental groups expect that advancing such legislation will be difficult. "What schools have a tendency to do is have a 'don't ask, don't tell' approach - they're afraid if you find something, then you'll have to do something about it," said Kathleen Curtis, executive director of the Citizens' Environmental Coalition, an Albany-based advocacy group. "School districts are tight on money. There's been a tremendous amount of difficulty getting a bill passed to test for lead in school water fountains."